Top Hoi An Art & Culture Classes

Colored lanterns are a symbol of Hoi An, where locals believe they bring happiness, luck, and wealth. Bring home a souvenir with a difference, a lantern that you made yourself, after this fascinating class. Choose from a wealth of different silks then work with your instructor to craft a bamboo frame and create your lantern, which will fold away neatly into your luggage. Your class includes a Vietnamese tea tasting.

Lantern souvenir,real local experience in the fishing village. our car will ride you to the art of making lanterns,you will visit craftsmen with skillful hands,showing you howto create the brightly colored lanterns.Expertly guided you could make yourself a lantern as a gift to your family.Finish your learning, you are welcomed the local tea in the fishing village, you will join rowing the special basket boat and carching crab, go fishing technique with your skillful fisherman on river, come back family ,you have local food in the coconut house nearly river

On this tour, you’ll get to capture Old Town Hoi An as it used to be—around sunrise, the streets are quiet, vendors shuffle about their stalls, and markets buzz with anticipation. With both an Emmy-Award winning photographer and international tour guide showing you the way, you’ll get a chance to shoot exquisite photos in a series of fantastic locations. Enjoy coffee afterward to taste Vietnamese culture and chat about techniques.

Just walk up the street and you’ll run into a coffee shop in every corner. Drinking coffee is part of one’s daily routine and it is a considered a ritual by older Vietnamese. You’ll find that the Vietnamese drink coffee at all hours of the day and coffee shops are usually crowded in the mornings. To start this class we will listen to may stories on this two-hour tour and learn about the journey of coffee from crop to cup. Discover what makes Vietnamese ground coffee, fined Robusta, different to other types around the world. Learn the steps needed to roast dark beans so that they mix perfectly with sweet condensed milk, which is an improvisation made due to the limitations on the availability of fresh milk at French colonial time.

No previous skills are required to create your own handmade lantern, making this 2.5-hour workshop a family-friendly activity in Hoi An. Participants are provided with a bamboo frame—with multiple shapes to choose from—and shown by craftsmen how to fold the silk into a colorful lantern. Fold it flat into your luggage and return home with a unique souvenir.

Snorkel the vivid coral reefs of the Cham Islands on a full-day trip from Hoi An and Da Nang into the Cu Lao Cham archipelago, a UNESCO-listed marine biosphere. You’ll make the crossing in a traditional wooden boat, then slip into the water to see the bright fish and coral that thrive in the protected area. Following your snorkeling time, head to Bai Chong beach for a Vietnamese seafood lunch at the edge of the water, soaking up the sun on the white sand beach before returning to the mainland.

The Cham Islands are a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and renowned for their diverse marine life, but you don’t have to dive to experience the underwater wonders. This full-day cruise from Hoi An includes a thrilling underwater walking activity, plenty of free time for swimming and snorkeling, and a delicious lunch at a beachside restaurant.

History and culture enthusiasts will love this fun day out, which includes a visit to the Hindu temples of My Son, a cooking class and lunch at a local home, and a boat ride. Travel to My Son easily in a comfortable air-conditioned vehicle. Learn all about the town's Hindu heritage on a guided walking tour, then learn to make typical Vietnamese food, before relaxing on a peaceful boat ride back to Hoi An.

This tour is a great offer to help guests BEAT THE CROWDS, ENJOY THE WILDLIFE, AVOID THE HEAT, and the risks of covid 19 from large groups, A professional English speaking guide who grew up near the sanctuary as a local will deliver most interesting stories and cultural values of the site. Early morning is the best time to capture the most stunning photos at the sanctuary, enjoy the nature surrounding and encounter some wild animals... Guests will not only learn about Champa culture but also local lives, traditional and cultural practice of Vietnamese and Cham, Vietnam war, etc... This can not be achieved by any other suppliers. After visiting, taking the best photos and listening to historic stories of the ancient temples from the unique guide, visitors will take a rest in a local home restaurant and have breakfast and coffee (included). Then travelers will be dropped back to the hotels and save much time for other activities.

Enjoy a variety of activities on this multifaceted half-day tour. First, visit a local market to choose ingredients for lunch and gain some bargaining tips. Then it’s off to the countryside for a basket boat ride and visit to the coconut palm forest. The activity culminates with a cooking class where you’ll prepare—and then eat—several traditional Vietnamese dishes.

Learn more about Vietnamese culture through its food during this fun cooking class activity. Before heading to the kitchen you’ll tour Hoi An’s fresh produce market to select the ingredients you’ll cook with. Then, set sail up the river in a bamboo basket boat and try fishing for crabs the Vietnamese way. In the kitchen, enjoy a two-hour cooking class and learn new skills. Enjoy eating your creations after.

Take the worry out of your transportation arrangements in Vietnam and pre-book a transfer in an air-conditioned vehicle from Da Nang Airport to hotels in Hoi An city center, or the other way around.

Explore the streets of Hoi An Ancient Town on foot for a close look at the city’s history and landmarks with insights shared by your guide. This 15th-century fishing village on Vietnam’s central coast boasts stunning architecture that has been expertly restored. Choose from a morning or afternoon tour to suit your schedule.

Feast your senses on the delectable tastes and enticing aromas of Hoi An’s Old Town on an evening walking tour. Immerse yourself in a vibrant maze of bustling markets and narrow alleyways while a knowledgeable guide offers insight into Vietnam’s fascinating food culture. Savor the explosive flavors of local delicacies at market stalls or within restaurants and enjoy an intimate atmosphere on this small-group tour, where numbers are limited to 12 fellow food lovers.

Enjoy a full-day tour of two UNESCO World Heritage sites featuring Hoi An's cultural history and architecture. Explore the ancient ruins of My Son Sanctuary, the imperial capital of the Cham Dynasty. Afterward, follow your informative guide on a walking tour of Hoi An Ancient Town and its well-preserved landmarks that date back to the 15th century. You’ll have lunch and stop at a market, assembly hall and the Japanese Covered Bridge.

Learn traditional styles of Vietnamese painting with tips on painting techniques provided by a talented local artist. We will show you how traditional oriental watercolor painting differs from western style art and In this Experience, you will learn calligraphy in Vietnamese Language and/or English also. After paiting class finished we will take a rest and tasting our tea then go ahead to Lantern Making Class. We provide the bamboo that forms the base of your frame; you do the rest. Your instructor will show you how to make your lantern from the first to the last step and how to make your own Hoi An lantern. We provide beautiful silk so that you can choose your own color pattern, and design. Once completed, these lanterns are easy to fold, carry, or put in your luggage. Take an original, enjoyable, hand-made souvenir home from your visit to Hoi An.

After over 10 years of teaching photography in and around Hoi An, we have built some great relationship with the locals, allowing us to go and visit them in their villages and photograph their daily activity in the fields.

This very special photography tour is taking you to THE best fishing village outside of Hoi An. The hectic human activities there allow us to work on advanced composition techniques and capture unique incredible photos.

At Taboo Bamboo Workshop you will be surprised and excited to see all the different household facilities and things that we have created out of bamboo and that we use in our house. Take them home with you as a souvenir and enjoy this long lasting experience.

To start, you will take a chance to tast the traditional Vietnaemse tea and enjoy the various flavors of tea during the paiting class. We will show you how traditional oriental watercolor painting differs from western style art and I n this Experience, you will learn calligraphy in Vietnamese Language and/or English also. You will be taught the techniques on how to hold the brush, how much ink to use, and the proper strokes to write Vietnamese script and/or English characters Create a beautiful bamboo script that you can take with you. Whatever your level of artistic skill, you’ll come away from this class with a unique and priceless memento of your trip to Vietnam.

Bamboo is often used to create traditional Vietnamese handicrafts, traditional tools, and everyday household items. This hands-on workshop lets you experiment with bamboo cutting, carving, and treating, and learn all about the sustainable material and its use in Vietnam. Best of all, you will get to make your very own bamboo souvenir such as a vase, pen holder, or ornament.

If you are visiting Hoi An old town, and you want to see how is the local working here with our lantern masters. You can buy the lanterns very easy here but if you make one by yourself and you will remember the whole trip. this class is unique because you will make a foldable lantern the one you can fold down to put in your bag. The feeling on the bamboo and silk will make you find your inner artisrt....

Master the art of an ancient Vietnamese tradition during a lantern-making workshop in Hoi An, a hands-on cultural experience that’s ideal for families. This private tour means you’ll receive undivided attention throughout the workshop, and leave with a hand-made souvenir to commemorate your vacation. Plus, you can choose from a morning or afternoon departure time to suit your schedule.

-This is a typical Handy Craft Tour that you your self join in making typical activities in Hoi An like Hoi An Ceramic Makings and Hoi An Lantern Making with instruction from our local craftsmen on the site. -Take a wonderful experience for Water Puppet Show to learn about Vietnamese history,culture and lifestyle that you can find any similar Show on the world. -Private with flexible.